Lumines: Electronic Symphony

The highlight of the original Psp launch, everyone new favourite block puzzler since tetris, returns. Lumines: Electronic Symphony marks the return of Q Entertainment’s landmark puzzle series, bringing together addictive block-dropping puzzle action, an all-new 3D graphics engine, and some of the most significant names in electronic music history.

(amazon) Key Features:

Use special new block mechanics for the first time in the series for additional strategic options.

Clear huge block combos using the powerful Chain Block and master the randomising powers of the Shuffle Block.

Featuring some of the biggest names in electronic music such as The Chemical Brothers and Kaskade, Lumines: Electronic Symphony’s soundtrack features some of the most important tracks in electronic music history and places them alongside original tracks composed by Q Entertainment’s sound team for the ultimate aural experience.

Enhance your Lumines experience with an in-depth player profile, deep stat tracking, and a new Experience Points system that rewards your play style with a level based reward system.

Compete against your friends using new social features as you strive to reach another level and rank, unlocking further rewards along the way.

Journey mode allows you to play Lumines the way it was meant to be played, making your way from beginning to end as you enjoy the flow of the musical experience.

Take on other Lumines players in Duel mode, a musical puzzle battle to the finish. Make use of the games all-new block mechanics to gain the upper hand!

Race against the clock in Stopwatch mode and score as many points as you can in specially designed stages created for maximum impact.

Take on the ultimate challenge in Masters mode and try to survive in five intense zones of increasingly difficult block-dropping insanity! This high speed, high velocity mode is designed to truly challenge your Lumines skills.

Enjoy new ways to play thanks to the PS Vita’s technological features. Experience Lumines puzzles like never before using both front and rear touch controls for gameplay inputs.

Featuring an all-new audio-visual engine designed specifically for PS Vita, Lumines features HD graphics with stunning sound design, making it a true next-generation instalment in the puzzle game series.

Opinions:

Destructoid (95) No Vita should be sold with a copy of this gameJoystiq (9/10) My time playing Lumines has been the only time in the last week during which I wasn't panicking. I come out of a 45-minute session feeling rested and kind of euphoric. How's that for an endorsement?IGN (9/10) If you're buying a PlayStation Vita, you should buy Lumines: Electronic Symphony. It's everything I've loved about the brick-based puzzle game since its 2005 debut coupled with the connectivity of the Vita. Seriously. It's amazing.

dont get me wrong I like lumines but things have moved on from the PSP version, much better 59p games on other formats such as collision effect make even 15 quid too steep for, from what Ive read of the reviews a near identical game to the PSP original the fact is this will be one of the first games to plummet in value.

I cancelled my Amazon bundle with this in it, just so I can get it as d\l. I worry though that Sony's servers will crawl so badly on day 1 that I'll end up not getting it for an age, and paying more for the privilege.

Regarding Fifa - I just can't go backwards, even if it is for a hand held. I had enough of that shit with the inferior PC versions a while back.